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Majestic, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kimberly-Morris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35116. The Survey maps it on the Gardendale quadrangle.

Majestic within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

173 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Majestic between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,526 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 53 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Majestic: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jef 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
TarrantIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Majestic in 5 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMajestic$500Several trees uprooted along Glennwood Road near Morris.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMajestic-Trees fell across Glennwood Rd near Glennwood Baptist Church. Another tree fell on a car in Gardendale.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMajestic-A power pole was snapped, with downed lines, along Castle Heights Rd.
November 2025Tornado (EF0)Majestic-The tornado began in the vicinity of Hagood Mountain Road in northeast Jefferson County. Several trees were snapped or uprooted and limbs were downed in the area of Frances Dr, Donaldson Rd, and Glennwood Rd, with downed power lines and minor roof damage. The tornado then quickly moved northeastward, crossing Morris Majestic Rd and Happy Top Rd before ending in the vicinity of Brasher Road. Along the path, several trees were snapped and uprooted.
May 2024HailMajestic-Quarter-size hail was reported in a neighborhood along Self Creek Rd east of Kimberly.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Columbus0.7 miles26
Monmouth1.2 miles28
Crosston2.1 miles28
Self Creek2.3 miles26
Country Haven2.5 miles26
Morris2.5 miles27
Bradford3.0 miles23
Kimberly3.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122226. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.